Blue Origin explosion hits space stocks, Amazon plans (opens in new tab)

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded at about 9 p.m. EDT Thursday during a hot-fire ground test at Space Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, producing a large fireball as the company prepared for a planned satellite mission. Blue Origin said an “anomaly” occurred, all personnel were accounted for and no injuries or fatalities were reported through launch-site officials. The failure stopped a recent rally in space-related stocks. Bloomberg said the sector had...